Collection Analysis Report
for Beehive - Informational
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 10 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(10 of 10 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Nonfiction (10 books)
- English Language Arts (7 books)
- Picture Book (7 books)
- Biography (6 books)
- Science (5 books)
- History (4 books)
- Social Studies (4 books)
- STEAM (2 books)
- Adventure (1 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Graphic Novel (1 books)
- Health (1 books)
- Humor (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 8 of 10 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 792 (Range: 540 - 1020)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 3 of 10 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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- Exceedingly
Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 16 Videos
- 9 Book Readings
- 28 Lesson Plans
- Total of 167 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Children's Literature Association of Utah (CLAU)'s "Beehive - Informational". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QL4PZ64
Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years
by Stacy McAnulty and David Litchfield Stacy McAnulty and David Litchfield
Part of the Our Universe Series
- Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science
- Lexile: 540
- Year Published: 2017
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler
by John Hendrix
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Graphic Novel
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 980
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Very Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Exceedingly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Flying Colors: A Guide to Flags from Around the World
by Robert G. Fresson and Robin Jacobs
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
by Patricia Valdez and Felicita Sala
- Grades Used: 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 800
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
Lovely Beasts: The Surprising Truth
by Kate Gardner and Heidi Smith
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2018
Malala's Magic Pencil
by Malala Yousafzai and Kerascoët
- Grades Used: k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Muslim, Asian, Asian (Global), South Asian, Gender, Women / Girls
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 740
- Year Published: 2017
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Very Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask about Having a Disability
by Shane Burcaw and Matt Carr
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: Disability
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Health, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 2017
Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere
by Barb Rosenstock and Katherine Roy
- Genres: Adventure, Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, History, Science, STEAM
- Lexile: 620
- Year Published: 2018
Saving Fiona: The Story of the World's Most Famous Baby Hippo
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Science
- Lexile: 1020
- Year Published: 2018
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Saving FionaSergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero
by Patricia McCormick and Iacopo Bruno
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 780
- Year Published: 2017
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